On Jan 12, 2008 9:50 AM, Jos Collin <joscollin at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Prakash, > > The behaviour is the same when esd (sounds for events) is enabled. I think > the sound driver is installed properly. That is the reason I'm getting the > sound when the tab key is pressed. (I normally use to play mp3 file using > mplayer, open a terminal and type 'ls asdf' and press the tab key to hear > the music) Anyway, I'm using ALSA and that is compiled and installed as > modules. There is no other process blocking the sound card. Because mplayer > is not showing the error before the playing starts. > check the lsmod o/p to make sure module intel hda and other modules are loaded.also,I think u hafta check that alsa is running.after logging in debian session,try in a root terminal to restart alsa,alsa-utils as "/etc/init.d/alsa restart" .also,make sure you have esound,esound-clients installed on ur system and also hopes that ur using Gnome Desktop!.if ur in kde,u hafta configure artsd for sound server. and lastly,BY ANY CHANCE,are u using a custom compiled kernel?if yes,make sure ur ALSA is compiled with support options as modules.also,use a 2.6.xx-686 kernel. if ur stuck on Debian Etch stable,get latest alsa-1.0.15 packages from some backports repositories like http://backports.org , http://debian-unofficial.org etc and also i found a interesting page from ubuntuforums.org check it!: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4103180 -reg,Prakash
> The following is the output of 'lspci | grep Audio'. > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 03) > > Regards, > Jos Collin > > > On Jan 11, 2008 2:44 PM, Prakash Jose Kokkatt <prakash.kokkatt at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 1:19 PM, Jos Collin <joscollin at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I brought a Thinkpad T61 recently and installed Debian on it. I'm able > > > to play audio files using mplayer/ xmms. But the sound is coming only > > > if I do the following things on the terminal > > > > > > 1. Hold the tab key when the autocomplete cannot find a matching file > > > name. > > > 2. Hold the backspace key > > > 3. Hold the right, left or down arrow keys. > > > > > esound may be the culprit.try going in Gnome menu > > >system>preferences>sound>sounds>enable esd,sounds for events.personallyi > > >have switched to pulse audio 6 months ago itself!.BTW,I am on Debian Sid > > apt-pinned with lenny/experimental with upstart replacing sys-v-init > > > > > > > > While mplayer is playing the audio file, I have to do something on the > > > terminal which produces the beep sound, to get the audio output. But > > > the beep sound is not coming at all. > > > > > the output from a terminal the command "lspci" will be helpful.and what > > is ur sound?an onboard ac97? > > > > > > > > If anybody experienced this problem, please help me. So that I can > > > move away from my laptop while hearing music :-) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jos Collin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailinglist mailing list > > > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > > > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Use Linux Operating System.Free Yourself from Windows and > > Viruses,trogens.. > > Use Free Or Swatanthra Softwares.learn more at: > > http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ > > http://fsf.org > > Windows Vista is evil: > > http://badvista.fsf.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailinglist mailing list > > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > > > > -- Use Linux Operating System.Free Yourself from Windows and Viruses,trogens.. Use Free Or Swatanthra Softwares.learn more at: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ http://fsf.org Windows Vista is evil: http://badvista.fsf.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080113/23e9045d/attachment.html
